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241 N.C. 119

84 S.E.2d 329

State v. Perry

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided November 10, 1954

Supreme Court of North Carolina · decided 1954-11-10

Relies on State v. . Johnson · State v. Chambers · State v. . Summerlin

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Decided 1954-11-10

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Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently March 1983

12 state decisions

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Per Curiam.

¶1 Since the charge in the warrant “must be supported by the facts as they existed at the time it was formally laid in court, and cannot be supported by evidence of willful failure supervening between the time the charge was made and the time of the trial — at least when the trial is had — as it was here upon the original warrant,” S. v. Summerlin, 224 N.C. 178, 29 S.E. 2d 462, pertinent evidence in this respect offered upon trial of present ease in Superior Court being directed to occurrence after the warrant was issued is insufficient to support the charge, — and the motion of defendant for judgment of nonsuit must be allowed. However, the statute, as interpreted by this Court, creates a continuing offense, S. v. Johnson, 212 N.C. 566, 194 S.E. 319; S. v. Chambers, 238 N.C. 373, 78 S.E. 2d 209, and cases cited.

¶2 Hence the decision here will not preclude further prosecution in keeping with the existing factual situation.

¶3 Eeversed.

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